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The Loneliest Girl in the Universe
by Lauren James
Stars (Out of 10): 6/10 Stars
Spoiler Free: This book was a lot of build up towards the ending/twist, and since I had read so many reviews from friends beforehand, I expected a lot. Unfortunately, I guessed what I thought was part of the plot twist really early on, and it turns out that was the whole plot twist :(
Generally, I wouldn’t mind having most of the book being build up, or just being slow in general, but then you’re usually rewarded with a twist or action near the end. And while I did really enjoy how the end shaped up, and Romy herself more towards the end, the twist just seemed way too easy to guess early on.
Additionally, while I loved the mystery on what was going on in The Infinity’s history, I kinda gave up on guessing at some point because it kept being hinted at without getting more information until way too late in the story (in my opinion.)
Overall, I think if the pacing was made a bit better, and the twist made either more hidden or more extensive, I would’ve loved this book. Unfortunately, the book exists as it currently is, and that’s why I’ve given it the star rating I would have.
(Mini extra note, the story does do a good job of showing how Romy deals (or not deals) with being alone and her nightmares, and I really enjoyed how all of that was shown instead of written. I think if you go into this book expecting more of an emotional growth/contemporary style novel rather than a twisty epic sci-fi novel, you’ll get more out of it!)
Careful! Spoilers beyond this point!
Spoilers: Mini explanation on why I didn’t like the twist.
Early on, it was kinda easy to see that J was totally pretending to be Jayden. As soon as we started getting descriptions and hobbies, Romy immediately started comparing him and Jayden, and how similar he was. At that point, I realized how that totally could not be a coincidence, and knew J was lying about something.
While I didn’t know he made the entire UPR stuff up, it ended up making the final twist worse for me. I expected all the crazy stuff going down on Earth to be true, and therefore expected more parts to the final twist besides just J lying about who he is and why he’s there.
Spoiler Free: This book was a lot of build up towards the ending/twist, and since I had read so many reviews from friends beforehand, I expected a lot. Unfortunately, I guessed what I thought was part of the plot twist really early on, and it turns out that was the whole plot twist :(
Generally, I wouldn’t mind having most of the book being build up, or just being slow in general, but then you’re usually rewarded with a twist or action near the end. And while I did really enjoy how the end shaped up, and Romy herself more towards the end, the twist just seemed way too easy to guess early on.
Additionally, while I loved the mystery on what was going on in The Infinity’s history, I kinda gave up on guessing at some point because it kept being hinted at without getting more information until way too late in the story (in my opinion.)
Overall, I think if the pacing was made a bit better, and the twist made either more hidden or more extensive, I would’ve loved this book. Unfortunately, the book exists as it currently is, and that’s why I’ve given it the star rating I would have.
(Mini extra note, the story does do a good job of showing how Romy deals (or not deals) with being alone and her nightmares, and I really enjoyed how all of that was shown instead of written. I think if you go into this book expecting more of an emotional growth/contemporary style novel rather than a twisty epic sci-fi novel, you’ll get more out of it!)
Careful! Spoilers beyond this point!
Spoilers: Mini explanation on why I didn’t like the twist.
Early on, it was kinda easy to see that J was totally pretending to be Jayden. As soon as we started getting descriptions and hobbies, Romy immediately started comparing him and Jayden, and how similar he was. At that point, I realized how that totally could not be a coincidence, and knew J was lying about something.
While I didn’t know he made the entire UPR stuff up, it ended up making the final twist worse for me. I expected all the crazy stuff going down on Earth to be true, and therefore expected more parts to the final twist besides just J lying about who he is and why he’s there.